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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 12, 1964
Page
15
Eloise Cuttlet and Debbie, grand daughter of Guy Cuttlet, testify to the family milking routine at the Cuttlets farm. About four miles east of Sherrord, the farm covers 220 acres and runs SO head of cattle, with a milling parlor at night.
Sherrard Illinois dairyman Guy Catlett describes a 220 acre farm that shifted from sheep and hogs to dairy in the 1950s. The Calletts upgraded to grade A milk in 1956, adding a milking parlor, new buildings, and a hot water system. They also raise registered Morgans and Arabians, with horses considered a must on the operation.
Catlett’s dairy herd, a 50 head Brown Swiss group, emphasizes proven bulls and Northern Chinois breeding. The Mercer County dairyman cites a 11,927 pound average per cow per year with 483 pounds fat, aiming for 12,000 and 500 respectively. Milk sells to bottling plants at nine cents a quart, with last month’s 51,708 pounds yielding $208.82 after deductions. The farm plans expensive feed programs to meet price squeezes and maintain high production.
Mercer county soil conservation district conducted a full program for the 1963 Vo-Ag Farm Planning Contest on Ruth Henderson’s farm. Top three contestants received trophies. judges included Lester Bushie and Leroy Hacker. A conservation tour led by Phil Farris drew over 100 riders in August, with support from extension service ASCS NFO and Farm Bureau.
The Muscatine district revised its original 165 program written when organized. With help from others, directors updated the plan and entered into a new five million Pecu agreement with the Secretary of Indians. Quechua language noted.
The most important features of watershed programs are practices that hold raindrops where they fell. These include terracing contour farming grassed waterways and strip cropping to slow water runoff and shield soil from erosion.
Catlett outlines a dairy operation with shelled ground corn 3,000 pounds oats 10,000 pounds soy meal 600 pounds dry molasses 100 pounds salt three pounds vitamin A good alfalfa corn silage and five pasture tracts. Hix cows average 34.5 pounds milk and 1.449 pounds butter per cow per day. He stresses record keeping herd health sanitation automation and pride. His farm sits four miles east of Sherrard and three miles north of Swedona in Mercer County.
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